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Chakradharpur

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Chakradharpur
Settlement.native_name
Porahat
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_alt
chakradharpur.
Settlement.image_caption
Durga Puja celebrations, Sanjay river, Nakti Dam and bank of Sanjay river
Settlement.nickname
City of hills
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Jharkhand
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Jharkhand, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Jharkhand
Settlement.subdivision_name2
West Singhbhum
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.established_date
1890
Settlement.founder
British Governor
Settlement.named_for
Railway division headquarter of South Eastern Railway

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Languages
  • Residential sections
  • Village panchayat
  • Nagar Parishad area
  • Railway Colony
  • Transport
  • Roadway
  • From the history
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Chakradharpur is a city in West Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India. It is the railway divisional headquarters of Chakradharpur (CKP) division of the South Eastern Railway. The city stands at an elevation of 227 metres (745 feet) and has urban area of 10 square kilometres bounded on the east by Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), on the west by Rourkela (Odisha), on the north by Ranchi (state capital of Jharkhand) and on the south by Chaibasa (district town of West Singhbhum district). Chakradharpur is close to boundaries of two neighbouring states, Odisha and West Bengal.

Chakradharpur is one of the divisions of Indian Railways.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chakradharpur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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